What's up Dude?
Just thought I'd say hi. :island:
You've been on my mind for some reason or another. . . Hope your New Year is going well! 8)
Thanks, man! I'm great! But busy as hell getting for retirement! My company hired my replacement last week and now I have three weeks to train her. Not enough time to pass on 25 years of accumulated garbage. 8)
Quote from: Bo D on February 10, 2016, 08:52:10 AM
Thanks, man! I'm great! But busy as hell getting for retirement! My company hired my replacement last week and now I have three weeks to train her. Not enough time to pass on 25 years of accumulated garbage. 8)
Awesome, enjoy retirement
Quote from: Bo D on February 10, 2016, 08:52:10 AM
Thanks, man! I'm great! But busy as hell getting for retirement! My company hired my replacement last week and now I have three weeks to train her. Not enough time to pass on 25 years of accumulated garbage. 8)
8) Awesome! Hang in there 3 more weeks! 8)
Enjoy your retirement, Bo D. I feel sorry for the person they hired to replace you. I have learned, from posting with you for a long time, that you are one unique dude! :wink: :yes:
Quote from: Bo D on February 10, 2016, 08:52:10 AM
Thanks, man! I'm great! But busy as hell getting for retirement! My company hired my replacement last week and now I have three weeks to train her. Not enough time to pass on 25 years of accumulated garbage. 8)
Hot Damn! :hamster: :papple: :split: :chacha: :slide: :duo: :hang: :sofa: :chick: :piano: :food12:
Glad to know another one is getting out of this rat race with their wits still about them and the ability to enjoy life sans the ball and chain!
Enjoy my friend! I am envious, but in a great way! Hope to one day join you in retirement; and that quite soon!
Quote from: Palehorse on February 10, 2016, 04:55:30 PM
Hot Damn! :hamster: :papple: :split: :chacha: :slide: :duo: :hang: :sofa: :chick: :piano: :food12:
Glad to know another one is getting out of this rat race with their wits still about them and the ability to enjoy life sans the ball and chain!
Enjoy my friend! I am envious, but in a great way! Hope to one day join you in retirement; and that quite soon!
Thanks, Pallid Pony!! ;D
But my wits are barely hanging by a thread. Not many people survive 25 years in IT. There's a reason for that.
Hey! Bo D has his own shoutout thread. :big grin:
Quote from: Locutus on February 11, 2016, 12:16:29 PM
Hey! Bo D has his own shoutout thread. :big grin:
Many thanks to the Sallow Stallion! ;D
Quote from: Bo D on February 11, 2016, 08:58:52 AM
But my wits are barely hanging by a thread. Not many people survive 25 years in IT. There's a reason for that.
Wait...what? :biggrin:
Quote from: Exterminator on February 11, 2016, 01:01:46 PM
Wait...what? :biggrin:
Maybe I should have been clearer ... IT Support.
Quote from: Exterminator on February 11, 2016, 01:01:46 PM
Wait...what? :biggrin:
Quote from: Bo D on February 11, 2016, 08:58:52 AM
But my wits are barely hanging by a thread. Not many people survive 25 years in IT. There's a reason for that.
Quote from: Bo D on February 11, 2016, 01:04:15 PM
Maybe I should have been clearer ... IT Support.
:biggrin:
From a fellow person in IT, that scared the hell out of me too. ;D
Take a look around. How many old farts like me do you see still working in IT? Besides the Cobol programmers?
I don't see any COBOL programmers anymore either. I'm sure there are still some around though.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. PerformFormat4.
AUTHOR. Michael Coughlan.
* An example program using the PERFORM..VARYING format.
* Pay particular attention to the values produced by the
* WITH TEST BEFORE and WITH TEST AFTER loops.
* Note that the PERFORM within a PERFORM produces the same
* results as the PERFORM..VARYING..AFTER
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 LoopCount PIC 9 VALUE ZEROS.
01 LoopCount2 PIC S9 VALUE ZEROS.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
Begin.
DISPLAY "Start WHILE Iteration of LoopBody"
PERFORM LoopBody WITH TEST BEFORE
VARYING LoopCount FROM 1 BY 2
UNTIL LoopCount GREATER THAN 5.
DISPLAY "Finished WHILE iteration. LoopCount = " LoopCount.
DISPLAY "Start REPEAT Iteration of LoopBody"
PERFORM LoopBody WITH TEST AFTER
VARYING LoopCount FROM 1 BY 2
UNTIL LoopCount GREATER THAN 5.
DISPLAY "Finished REPEAT iteration. LoopCount = " LoopCount.
DISPLAY "Start inline loops"
PERFORM VARYING LoopCount FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL LoopCount GREATER THAN 4
PERFORM VARYING LoopCount2 FROM 5 BY -2
UNTIL LoopCount2 LESS THAN ZERO
DISPLAY "InLine loop " WITH NO ADVANCING
DISPLAY "LoopCount = " LoopCount " LoopCount2 = " LoopCount2
END-PERFORM
END-PERFORM.
DISPLAY "Finished inline loops".
DISPLAY "Start PERFORM VARYING..AFTER".
PERFORM LoopBody VARYING LoopCount FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL LoopCount GREATER THAN 4
AFTER LoopCount2 FROM 5 BY -2
UNTIL LoopCount2 LESS THAN ZERO.
DISPLAY "Finished PERFORM VARYING..AFTER".
STOP RUN.
LoopBody.
DISPLAY "LoopBody " WITH NO ADVANCING
DISPLAY "LoopCount = " LoopCount " LoopCount2 = " LoopCount2.
;D
Admiral Grace Hopper would be proud of all her language accomplished in the early days of computer science.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Grace_Hopper_and_UNIVAC.jpg)
Quote from: Locutus on February 11, 2016, 03:34:37 PM
Admiral Grace Hopper would be proud of all her language accomplished in the early days of computer science.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Grace_Hopper_and_UNIVAC.jpg)
Ahhhh!!! The good old days! ;D
;D
Quote from: Bo D on February 11, 2016, 01:28:07 PM
Take a look around. How many old farts like me do you see still working in IT? Besides the Cobol programmers?
Hey, I was one of the ol' cats that was running Type 1 cable with ol AMP Connects on them to make some of those old machines work...
(http://www.connectworld.net/dataw/images/jpeg/ADP7075.jpg)(http://observer.viavisolutions.com/assets/img/pics/social/ex-ibm-big.jpg)
I started doing that 26 years ago this month.....
Congrats on your pending retirement Bo D. Enjoy!!
Best regards,
Duke ( headin' across 14 mountain and into the valley ;) ) Jupiter
Quote from: duke jupiter on February 13, 2016, 07:03:16 AM
Congrats on your pending retirement Bo D. Enjoy!!
Best regards,
Duke ( headin' across 14 mountain and into the valley ;) ) Jupiter
Let someone who has been retired 19 years. You will miss a few friends. But you won't miss the work or the bullshit you had to go through. Getting to work in the winter time, working every day, and the ass hole bosses you have had to work for over the years. :yes: :biggrin:
But, once you get out you will wonder how you had the time to go to work. Good luck and good health. :salute: :tiphat: :island: :surf:
Quote from: duke jupiter on February 13, 2016, 07:03:16 AM
Congrats on your pending retirement Bo D. Enjoy!!
Best regards,
Duke ( headin' across 14 mountain and into the valley ;) ) Jupiter
Thanks, Duke! I will!
Quote from: The Troll on February 20, 2016, 01:59:44 PM
Let someone who has been retired 19 years. You will miss a few friends. But you won't miss the work or the bullshit you had to go through. Getting to work in the winter time, working every day, and the ass hole bosses you have had to work for over the years. :yes: :biggrin:
But, once you get out you will wonder how you had the time to go to work. Good luck and good health. :salute: :tiphat: :island: :surf:
Thanks, Troll! I agree with most of that, but I haven't had any "ass hole bosses" for quite a few years.
Quote from: Bo D on February 22, 2016, 09:57:22 AM
Thanks, Troll! I agree with most of that, but I haven't had any "ass hole bosses" for quite a few years.
Oh, are you saying that you were the boss for quite a few years. :wink: :biggrin:
Quote from: The Troll on February 22, 2016, 10:20:28 AM
Oh, are you saying that you were the boss for quite a few years. :wink: :biggrin:
I was one of them. But I also had two very good people that I had to answer to.
Quote from: Bo D on February 22, 2016, 10:41:24 AM
I was one of them. But I also had two very good people that I had to answer to.
You have been very lucky, not many people working for large corporations have had that opportunity. :thumbsup: :tiphat: